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[twyla30]

Here’s some fun hetalia America cosplay from ALA!

[wordproblem]

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[cosplayinamerica]

Spiderman from Marvel 1602 // Cosplayer: kammospark

Tell us about Spiderman1602, I’ve seen many versions of Spiderman but  thiis is a new one to me! What led you to this concept of this version of Spiderman?

Well I've always had an appreciation for lesser know outfits of popular heroes. Looking through many wardrobes and outfits, the obscure ones always stood out to me, "Wow, I've never seen this one before!" I'd think to myself, and I figured others who know the characters well would love to see them brought to life too, or even people curious about the stories of them would enjoy seeing it. I feel everyone has a love for Spider-Man; he's such an iconic superhero and has so many suits, and even though they can be quite diverse, they still feel recognizable as one of the Web-slinger's costumes.

While I was looking at different Spiderverse characters for inspiration on a new Spider-Man cosplay, I saw Marvel 1602 and it immediately caught my attention; I thought it was such a fun looking design. Definitely away from a modern or futuristic look, it's charm won me over, and I had to put it together. And as a fan of the fantasy genre in general, thanks to many years as a GM from D&D as well as other media, I also enjoy Ren-faires and wanted something to wear to show my love for Superheroes and Renaissance.

When you wore it out to conventions, what was the response? Obviously they knew you were Spiderman because of the mask but were they confused about the rest of your outfit? What were some of their guesses?

Oh people certainly get a kick out of seeing the outfit. Some people have called Me 'Lord Spider-Man', 'Ren-Spidey', 'William Spider-Speare', a lot of creative names for it that never fail to make me smile as much as it does for them. Whenever I wear a Spider-Man cosplay, I always want to try and take pics with as many Spider-Men as I can find, and most of the time it's the other Spiderman cosplayers that recognize who the character really is. I love having people laugh and get excited over the character, it's part of that Con Magic where people just can't help but feel like a kid when they see something that fills them with joy; its my favorite part of this fun hobby, just making someone's day memorable, even for a moment.

Besides conventions , I see you wore the costume to a Renaissance Fair. What was responses there? Was it different from conventions?

Ren-faires in general are a great time! And when I started this costume, I was excited just thinking of the reactions from people and how happy they may be. I've taken 1602 to quite a few Ren-faires: Central Coast Ren Faire, NorCal Ren Faire, and Kingsburg Renaissance of Kings.

The first place I ever debuted it was as CCRF, and I was stopped by about 20 people before I could make it past the first 3 booths. It really does feel like a different environment going to faires. D

uring them, I'd be a bit more 'theatrical' and introduce myself as Peter Parquagh, and try my best to make people smile or laugh. I've gotten the opportunity to meet many wonderful people and people with stunning and gorgeous Renaissance outfits. Kids come walk by amazed that they actually got to see a Spider-Man at a Ren Faire.

One instance, a bard played the spider-man theme song on a lute as he traveled around me. At two different faires my presence was requested by the Queen, and I was escorted to her, one even knighted me! Everyone just has a blast role playing and getting caught up in the fun, the energy is so infectious and delightful! 

Take us through how the outfit was put together?

Well, I cannot take full credit on the cosplay. My mother was actually a large part of it. Growing up, my mom was always really involved and loved making costumes for Halloween for me and my sister. And one of her favorite aesthetics is period piece era fashion and she loves Jane Austen.

As I was looking for ideas for a new cosplay and showing her, she was drawn towards 1602 and offered to do as much as she could to help create it, and she loved helping putting it together. The suit is a handmade outfit following a 14th century cavalier pattern. The design called for detachable sleeves and very baggy slops, but we decided to have the sleeves attached and slim down the slops slightly, to give it a mix of authentic and Spider-man's sleekness.

We went looking online and found this wonderful blue velvet fabric with Fleur De Lis imprinted onto it and thought it'd really help the outfit pop! We had to make sure we kept the fabric in the same direction: it has a difference in shimmer if facing a certain way, and we wanted the Fleurs facing the same way as well, so we tried to be mindful of that. We pleated the red fabric in the front and it was quite stubborn, but we tried our best to make it look similar on both sides of the torso. The back has a spider and has legs that lead unto the front; we cut out red fabric and hand-stitch embroidered on, and was quite meticulous.

Me and my mom kept an eye out online for just the right buttons we wanted for the costume. Something antique and era appropriate but also thematic, and after a while, we stumbled across a web-designed antique gold button set. We also looked for a thick ruff rather than the costumes original thin look. The original costume look also called for the mask to have open eye holes, but I opted out of that, and felt that a traditional mask look better complemented the costume. After that I acquired socks and shoes and then it was finished! 

How did you discover cosplay?

As mentioned earlier, my mom loved making mine and my sister's costumes growing up. She's a seamstress as a hobby, and is so creative and artsy. Halloween was probably my favorite holiday growing up, and I was so happy I got to wear something made with much love from my family. Some of my favorite notable costumes growing up was a knight, an astronaut, and Pikachu.

As I got older, around high school, I still liked the idea of costumes, even bought a cheap Captain America outfit for The Avengers premiere night, but I mostly dropped off on dressing up. I grew up in a very small town, but eventually, after I moved out to the city, I heard about 'conventions' and I was interested and wanted to try and wear something to one. I decided to make a classic Punisher costume, and wore it for the con. It was a small venue, but even then it finally hit me, 'This is a thing people do. People love to dress up, go make friends, bring smiles and show their love for their Fandoms and interests. THIS is what Cosplay IS'. I finally understood what this little hobby of mine was, and I embraced it.

Have you discovered something about yourself through cosplay?

I've always thought of myself as a people pleaser. I'm someone who really only want others to be happy. I'm also someone who loves to share their interests and engage with others about things that we can share and discuss and geek out over.

When I was young, I often felt left out from social circles, due to my often eccentric personality. I found it really hard to make friends, and I am forever grateful for the friends that I have made and been with me for years.

Cosplay has opened up another avenue as far as friends and socializing. My first couple of cons I was initially intimidated, but I have to say that I'm so glad I got into this hobby, for I've met many people with interesting stories and wonderful personalities, and people I still talk to often. It's really helped me feel like I can make good friends and memories, and I'm sure that others have felt similarly and that's something I treasure.

What are your future cosplay goals?

As with most cosplayers I'm sure, I have way too many projects in my head with very little work on a lot of them. I suppose my current goal is to rework the headpiece of a cosplay I finished last year, my Bioshock Big Daddy Doll. The head was massive and too cumbersome so it needs to be redone.

As far as new projects, I would very much like to do a Prince Link cosplay, inspired by the creation of theLostSindar. Another idea would be to do more superhero variants and make a Blue Lantern Flash that 8ve been eyeing for a couple of years.

One thing I definitely want to get good at is working with foam. I am massively inexperienced with foamsmithing, and I strive to learn how to be good at it and learn how to make wonderful things with it. It's just like when I first went to cons; starting off can be a bit scary or even overwhelming before we really get it going, but that exposure to things we really desire is all we need to get hooked and make it our passion.

https://www.instagram.com/kammospark/

[shikabane-hime88]

Gah! I need to bring back my steampunk Ariel! I absolutely loved this cosplay!! Also, check out the photogs @eurobeat_kasumi_ebk @kimchi_cherry @kamuix707 They are all very talented:) so please show some love! *Special shout out to Albert of @eurobeat_kasumi_ebk I saved the best photo for last. I wanted to pay tribute and share one of my favorite photos of myself and Pepe 💜 #fanime #steampunk #ariel #thelittlemermaid #disney #cosplay #fanime2016 #littlemermaid #arielcosplay #norcal #cosplayer #photographers #cosplaygirl #cosgirl #photoshoot #cosplaygirls #cosgirls #disneyprincess #partofyourworld #underthesea #ootn #ootd #disneygirls #instapic #instalove

[solowingrazgriz]

NorCal Spring Cosplay Gathering 2019 - Monster hunters in full regalia

Cosplayer credit: brokenbladeworkshop and robothentai

[zer0pm]

FFXV Ultimate Cosplay Shoot! Photo and Video Requests [OPEN]

Hey everyone! I am honored and excited to announce that one week from today I will be taking a trip to NorCal to shoot and film with some amazing people! What are we shooting exactly? Anything and everything FFXV!

We will be traveling around the cities to the outskirts of fields to filling up the car in a quaint gas station while re-enacting favorite and iconic moments from the game as we go along. The bros are even going to set up camp (squeeeee)!

I can’t thank everyone enough for supporting me as a writer and a cosplayer both so to give a little back, I want you guys to share what you’d like to see as I go on this adventure! You can either drop a comment or reblog, or pm me of headcanons or scenarios and we will endeavor to make it happen! Juuuust be sure to keep it SFW haha. I received suggestion for cuddles with Ardyn already and the rest of the cast were hilariously down for that xD So seriously, don’t be shy, it can range from a shot of Prompto and Cindy on a date while the rest of the bros are keeping watch from a distance to Gladio and Iris having proper sibling time in bustling Lestallum to Ardyn watching the bros from afar with his suave, sinister grin. Until then, I hope you look forward to this as much as I am, already losing sleep from the excitement Lololol

THE CAST

Ardyn @ Zer0PM

Noctis @ lunarblaze88

Prompto @ vanilla.rose.prince

Ignis @ chronicleofdestiny

Gladio @ onijao_tao

Iris @ littleliscos

Cindy @ jani_butten

Photographer @ hungrylikealoup

[rukiahitachiin]

Thanksgiving is over so that means it’s officially the holiday season right?? Though of course for me it’s always holiday season 😋 sharing this photo from back in 2015 when we did our Santa Scout group at a NorCal Gathering! Even though it will be difficult I would love to reunite this group! 😍🎄🎅 —— #sailormoon #sailorscouts #sailormooncosplay #christmas #christmascosplay #cosplay #cosplayers #sailormercury #sailormars #sailorjupiter #sailorvenus #sailoruranus #sailorneptune #sailorpluto #sailorsaturn https://www.instagram.com/p/BqoNSQCDGJ3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ixy4841hjw4r

[blazebluehaze]

Morrigan 🔥🔥🔥 by yours truly 💙 Canvas painting 🎨 DM me to get your own one of a kind painting from PoshLawd 🏵 . Art shop www.PoshLawd.Live (link in bio) 💕 . . . . #morrigan #morriganaensland #deathstalker #felicia #lilithaensland #morrigancosplay #cosplayer #cosplaygirl #sunset #otaku #otakugirl #otakuworld #marvelvscapcom #gamergirl #gamer #gamerboy #ps4 #animelover #bayarea #syndey #montreal #hawaii #nyc #paris #switzerland #socal #norcal #draweveryday #painteveryday (at Honolulu, Hawaii) https://www.instagram.com/p/BmTtoVPnfly/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1t564gz5d9j00

[pharah]

One thing I love so much about Anjali Bhimani (aside from how kind and beautiful she is), is how much she ships Symbra.

I mean, she’d get so excited and happy every time she saw a Sombra cosplayer.

She did so in two of the panels I was at, and while I was standing in line for her autograph, I had the fortune to witness her interaction with a Sombra cosplayer and saw the delight in her face as the woman went up to her and they spoke to one another.

(Oh and best of all, I spoke to that cosplayer beforehand and she not only likes Symbra, but she ships Pharmercy too!)

Not only that, but she said that one of her favorite lines in the game (other than her ones by Satya) was Sombra’s ‘Relájate, I’m not going to kill you’ line. 

And all of this was capped off by Anjali announcing that Carolina Ravassa would have loved to have been at the convention, but she couldn’t make it, and she planned to make up for it by visiting NorCal sometime soon.

(And she did all of this, while getting ready to leave in the middle of the panel, and while receiving texts from Carolina at the same time.)

So if you needed more proof that Anjali is the captain of the Symbra ship, well, here it is.

Now come on Blizz! Just make it happen, please!

[chibibree-blog]

Had some fun the other day cosplaying as Chun-Li! I can’t wait to show you more of these! Had an awesome time coming up with poses as well as recreating her original ones. Want to see some behind the scenes?Check out my Patreon! Patreon.com/ChibiBree Otherwise, keep a look out for more coming soon, just not too soon! 😜 ♡♡♡♡♡ Photographer: @the.fool.of.spade Cosplayer: @chibibree ♡♡♡♡♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ #streetfighter #chunli #sf5 #retrogaming #retro #gaming #bayarea #gamergirl #gamer #california #videogames #pc #nerd #pcgaming #streamer #twitch #twitchstreamer #bayareagaming #college #overwatch #bayareagamergirl #collegelife #norcal

[twyla30]

Here’s some fun my hero academia cosplay!

[aishimiku]

Costume by @aishimiku #Repost from @kezushii with @regram.app ... 《P A R A D I SE L O S T 》 . . Lucifer photos from the NorCal Winter Gathering! Bummed that I didn't get to wear Luci at Katsu this year, but that was my own fault for forgetting to bring a piece of him. So, I still have yet to bring him to a con 😔 Fanime is the next one 👌 (Also don't mind the sword, I didn't wanna bring all 3 out XD) . . 📸: @the.fool.of.spade Cos:@aishimiku . . Tags 👼: #granbluefantasy #granbluefantasyversus #granbluefantasycosplay #granblue #granbluefantasytheanimation #granbluefantasyfanart #granbluefantasylucifer #granbluefantasylucio #granbluefantasysandalphon #cosplaywip #cosplayprogress #geek #cosplayer #cosplay https://www.instagram.com/p/B8ukEfDl8I3/?igshid=1tvhpskbltyth

[mistercomb]

Finished Sumomo last night in time to wear her to the NorCal Cosplay Gathering today! We headed out early to beat traffic but thanks everyone who took pictures! 💖💕✨ • • • #cosplay #chobits #chobitscosplay #animecosplay #mangacosplay #sumomo #sumomocosplay #cosplayer #norcalcosplaygathering

[shikabane-hime88]

If you see me, SAY HI!!! #fanime #cnb_model #cnb_badgirls #cosplay #norcal #cosplayer #antigwenom #gwenomcosplay #marvel #marvelcomics #comics #spiderman #gwenstacy #cosgirl #cosplaygirl #instadaily #instapic #instagram #spideyverse #marvelfans #marvelcosplay #girlswhocosplay #spideyverse #spidey #ootd #ootn #picoftheday #webheads #selfieoftheday

[solowingrazgriz]

NorCal Spring Cosplay Gathering 2018 - Anubis Pharah

Cosplayer credit - Hung Nguyen (dekisui)